Police Beat

Police arrested and charged Maria L. Gilchrist, 34, Toms River, with driving while intoxicated at 11:23 p.m. Oct. 30 on Burnt Tavern Road. Gilchrist was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Daniel Louis Rouxel, 19, Lakewood, with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and failure to observe traffic signals at 1:59 a.m. Nov. 2 on Chambers Bridge Road near the Kohl’s shopping plaza. Rouxel was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Tracey Ann Berner, 37, Harvard Avenue, with driving while intoxicated, failure to maintain her lane, reckless driving and refusal to take a Breathalyzer test at 4:27 p.m. Nov. 5 on West Princeton Avenue. Berner was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Brian Angelo Petretta, 37, Perth Amboy, with driving while intoxicated, driving with a revoked driver’s license and an uninsured and unregistered vehicle, failure to stop and having fictitious license plates at 2:34 a.m. Nov. 6 on Calvin Court. Petretta was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Diane Marie Kennedy, 35, Greenwood Loop Road, with driving while intoxicated at midnight Nov. 7 on Herbertsville Road near Route 70. Kennedy was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Laura Ann Hollywood, 21, Howell, with serving an alcoholic beverage to an underage person at 12:10 a.m. Nov. 8 at the Wawa on Lanes Mill Road. Hollywood was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Lorianne Pheiffer, 19, Howell, with possession of false identification, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and driving while intoxicated while being underage at 12:16 a.m. Nov. 8 at the Wawa on Lanes Mill Road. Pheiffer was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Tela Poli, 23, Lakewood, with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and 14 other motor vehicle offenses at 3:03 a.m. Nov. 11 on Route 70 at Jack Martin Boulevard. Poli was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Carl Banzhauff Purnell, 61, Belmar with driving while intoxicated at 8:29 p.m. Nov. 11 on Burnt Tavern Road. Purnell was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Michael Spinosa, 22, Spring Lake Heights, with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving and having an open alcoholic beverage in his vehicle at 9:59 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Drum Point Sports Complex off Brick Boulevard. Spinosa was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Thomas J. Dambroski, 50, Toms River, with aggravated assault on a police officer, assault and disorderly conduct after responding to a report from Ocean First Bank, Brick Boulevard, at 11:10 a.m. Nov. 13. Dambroski was yelling obscenities in the bank lobby when he pushed a man who confronted him about his behavior, police reports said. Then, when an off-duty police officer working as security at the bank stepped in, Dambroski pushed him as well. Dambroski was processed and released on $500 bail, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Karen Patrice Druziako, 43, Point Pleasant, with driving while intoxicated at 3:08 a.m. Nov. 13 on Burnt Tavern Road. Druziako was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Michael T. Ryan, 21, Mark Drive, with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving following a motor vehicle accident that occurred on Susan Drive at 1:01 a.m. Nov. 13. Ryan, who was driving a red Mazda Rx8, tried to turn left onto Susan Drive from Mantoloking Road and ran off the roadway, hitting the curb and colliding with a tree, police reports said. After speaking with a resident in the area, Ryan was located, processed and released, according to police reports. His passenger had a moderate concussion. No other injuries were reported; no other vehicles were involved.

Police arrested and charged George William Agroe, 40, Philadelphia, Pa., with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain his lane and driving with a suspended driver’s license at 11:58 p.m. Nov. 14 on Route 70 west near Forge Pond. Agroe was processed and released, according to police reports.

Police arrested and charged Hector Lopez Jr., 23, Birch Drive, with driving while intoxicated in a school zone, reckless driving, not wearing a seatbelt and speeding (69 mph in a 30 mph zone). The arrest was made at 1:35 a.m. Nov. 17 on Brick Boulevard at Drum Point Road. Lopez was processed and released, according to police reports.

New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey, an alternate route teacher education program, is offering people with bachelor’s degrees a way to become teachers. In order to address the statewide teacher shortage, OCC has partnered with New Jersey City University (NJCU) to offer New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey. The program allows students to begin a Master of Arts in Teaching while meeting the alternate route certification requirements while attending classes at Ocean County College. A free information session will be held Dec. 2 from 7-9 p.m. at the OCC Fine Arts Center in Toms River.

Students may choose to take the program as either a teacher certification requirement or for graduate-level credit toward a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from NJCU. The program will run in two phases: Stage I is a 45-hour pre-service program of in-class instruction with additional hours of guided classroom observations. Stage II is a 165-hour program with content specific instruction and a capstone experience.

In order to qualify for Stage I, program candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with either a major in an arts and sciences field for elementary education or hold a major in the appropriate field for subject area license. Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or higher for the last degree earned. Candidates for Stage II must hold a Certificate of Eligibility to continue in the program and have substantial access to a classroom as a teacher.

To register for the Information Session, call (732) 255-0477.